{"id":521670,"date":"2010-04-09T05:00:49","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/economics\/2010\/04\/09\/honolulu-tops-list-of-cities-with-lowest-unemployment\/"},"modified":"2010-04-09T05:00:49","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T09:00:49","slug":"honolulu-tops-list-of-cities-with-lowest-unemployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/521670","title":{"rendered":"Honolulu Tops List of Cities With Lowest Unemployment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wondering where to go to get a job? The latest data from the Labor Department<\/strong> suggest you pack suntan lotion: Of metropolitan areas with labor forces larger than 200,000, Honolulu has the country\u0092s lowest unemployment rate.<\/p>\n

Judging from the locations of the ten large areas with the least unemployment — Wal-Mart<\/strong>’s Arkansas headquarters and Washington, D.C. stand out — it might help to have a bit of experience in retail management or government service if you\u0092re planning to move for work. On the other end of the spectrum, the areas with the highest unemployment rates are mainly in California. So if you\u0092re looking for work, there\u0092s a decent chance you\u0092ve been involved in building, selling or financing houses.<\/p>\n

Here\u0092s a list of the ten best and ten worst (note: data are for February and are not seasonally adjusted):<\/p>\n

Lowest unemployment rates
\n1. Honolulu, Hawaii\t5.6%
\n2. Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.\t5.9%
\n3. Baton Rouge, La.\t6.4%
\n4. New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La.\t6.5%
\n5. Madison, Wis.\t6.7%
\n6. Oklahoma City, Okla.\t6.7%
\n7. Washington, D.C.-Arlington-Alexandria, Va.\t6.9%
\n8. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Ark.\t\t7%
\n9. Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa\t7.1%
\n10. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas\t7.3%<\/p>\n

Highest unemployment rates
\n1. Modesto, Calif.\t19.1%
\n2. Visalia-Porterville, Calif.\t18.7%
\n3. Fresno, Calif.\t18.5%
\n4. Stockton, Calif.\t18.4%
\n5. Salinas, Calif.\t17.7%
\n6. Bakersfield-Delano, Calif.\t17.4%
\n7. Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich.\t15.3%
\n8. San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico\t15%
\n9. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif.\t14.7%
\n10. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla.\t13.9%<\/p>\n

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Wondering where to go to get a job? The latest data from the Labor Department suggest you pack suntan lotion: Of metropolitan areas with labor forces larger than 200,000, Honolulu has the country\u0092s lowest unemployment rate. Judging from the locations of the ten large areas with the least unemployment — Wal-Mart’s Arkansas headquarters and Washington, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":850,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/850"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}